Counseling Center in Tokyo- Douglas Berger Psychiatrist Tokyo, Japan

Douglas Berger psychiatrist Tokyo speaks fluent Japanese and English. Douglas Berger is an American board-certified psychiatrist and Director of the Tokyo Meguro Counseling Center. Dr. Berger received his M.D. and psychiatry training from New York Medical College, and his Ph.D. from the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine at the Tokyo University School of Medicine.

https://t.co/CgpnuNNVNt: doesn’t mention the exclusion criteria for a personality disorder when the criteria can be explained by another psychiatric disorder. I.e., the diagnosis for BPD notes 7 traits that could easily be due to a mood disorder. Us: https://t.co/59gLBhYuMX

Brain changes have been reported with psychotherapy, but brain changes can be found in various activities: https://t.co/gQpNqj4Xqv found an increase in white matter underlying in a complex visuo-motor skill. Us: https://t.co/2rTavy34n4.

Dr. Steven King promotes efficacy of CBT for pain as best: https://t.co/QZzwfBWpnz, but there is no blind placebo-controlled study of CBT vs any other type of psychotherapy. Modesty in conclusion of efficacy is warranted. US: https://t.co/NExjz3T3Z3

Until there is a reliable biological or genetic parameter that can validly discriminate BPD from other disorders, better modesty to admit that the diagnosis of a personality disorder, especially BPD, will still be far from a valid construct. Us: https://t.co/nCLCm8wkvq

Mindfulness has been found to alter regions of the brain associated with memory & awareness: https://t.co/ndcotXhNQF. But many activities can make brain changes, running, yoga, juggling, etc. there is no special effect to Mindfulness here. Us: https://t.co/CFTtRIymIU

The Psychiatric Times author of the ART (aka EMDR) infomercial, Dr. Wendi Waits, is also a " Master ART Therapist", a COI Psychiatric Times should note. EMDR as pseudoscience: https://t.co/PqEfLAZnq5, & on Quackwatch: https://t.co/i6MURVUfz1. Us: https://t.co/vCyo9ZNPlb.

Psychiatric Times is plugging EMDR as ART: https://t.co/IQcIwH2Zxd. Listed here as pseudoscience: https://t.co/PqEfLAZnq5, EMDR has a long history on Quackwatch: https://t.co/i6MURVUfz1. Us: https://t.co/vCyo9ZNPlb.

Borderline Personality will self-harm, ADHD persons get hyper: https://t.co/gSayzpsaks. There is really no way to differentiate these diagnoses & if a personality disorder is better explained by another disorder, the other disorder takes priority. US: https://t.co/GwwzyYyjaI

Various actions can change the function of the brain. Brain changes are not necessarily indicative of an effect of a specific psychotherapy; visual-motor training or meditation may also make brain changes (if we assume unblinded studies are valid). Us: https://t.co/dxTjUotW9q

Dr. Cynthia Geppert should acknowledge that some end-stage persons should be helped to end their lives: https://t.co/ByrcXu6e8p. The article has a conservative/religious agenda-Dr. Geppert had a PhD in Religious Ethics from a church-sponsored school. Us: https://t.co/tQq75VPSbJ.

"152k ER visits for benzos, 28% hospitalized, vs 22k ER visits for MDMA, 9.5& hospitalized": https://t.co/PTXTC20Eng. But this isn't a valid comparison: 5% of US adults take benzos every year!!, many along with other drugs. Us: https://t.co/rqep1aL9B8

EEG study to detect autism spectrum as early as 3-months old? https://t.co/8M4kCSsK3l. If a child at 3-months old does have autism spectrum what to do about it besides worry? If they don't, then the child got a mislabeled & the parents are worried. US: https://t.co/rqep1aL9B8